#i am a patty looking for my simon

[vvabbitt]

in order to understand me we must watch dinner in america together and you can watch me wiggle around on the ground in pure ecstasy once my kind of woman starts playing because that scene had me unwell (positive)

[azlan-snow]

Broadcast Husbands

Chapter Twelve: In The Morning

(Told from Alastor’s POV)

As we retired for the night, Vox looked more stressed than before.

“What is is, mon cher?”

“Nothing.”

“Don’t lie do me, beloved. Is it Overlord business or Kingly?”

“Why would it be kingly?” 

“Just thought I would include it. You did seem chummy after all.”

“The king can barely be around people. Why would a people person be chummy?”

“Information.” Vox looks at me in disdain. 

“Really?” 

“It’s what I would do.”

“That’s your own sadistic idea of conversation.”

“Indeed.” I magic both of our pajamas onto ourselves before lying in the bed. I motion for Vox to join me, and he complies. I plug him in to charge as he tells me goodnight. 

"Good night, mon cher.”

Around 3 a.m, I got out of bed and changed into half of my normal outfit. Just the harness, shirt and pants. I teleport out of my room and begin to prepare to cook for the guests. Lucifer gave Vox his phone number yesterday to contact in the case of an emergency, and I asked him to ask Lucifer what time he would be arriving. All he said was around breakfast so that he could enjoy it with Charlie. ��Guess I better make an extra table setting.” 

I get up at three in the morning to tend to breakfast. As I cook,I begin to play music, a jazzical piece, after all. Nina Simone singin’ in the background, her vocals soothing and powerful. Each note is felt and heard with joy and wonder as she sang. 

“Al?” I jump, startled by the sudden interruption. 

“Charlie, my dear. What are you doing up this early?”

“I could ask you the same thing.”

“I am preparing breakfast. What are you doing?”

“Lesson plans.”

“What does lesson plans have to do with the kitchen, my dear?”

“I just came down to get coffee. Lord knows I need it.”

“Quite the opposite. I believe you need rest.”

“No thanks. I’d rather be prepared.”

“To teach?”

“Yep.” She pours herself two cups of coffee before leaving me in the kitchen once again. “Maybe shopping will be a good idea.”

I head out to town, getting groceries  for the next week, when I encounter an old friend.

“Carmilla! How lovely to see you! How are you this fine morning?”

“Alastor. Good morning to you as well. I trust that you are doing well, considering your territory is under attack.”

“Ah, yes. Vox told me to leave that to him, considering I killed the others when I arrived.”

“I’m well aware. What brings you here?”

“Groceries for the hotel! Can’t have our residents starving, now can we?”

“You’re partaking in the Princess’ redemption project?”

“Indeed. We both are quite interested in it and invested. She seems to believe, which is all we require.”

“Interesting. I shall take my leave. See you at the meeting tomorrow, I assume?”

“The both of us will be there. Farewell, Carmilla.”

“Goodbye, Alastor.”

We parted ways, with me returning to the hotel, to find Husker awake and at the bar.”

“Hey, boss.”

“Good morning, Husker. Care to join me?”

“Do I have a choice?”

“Yes. Choose now.”

“Why not. what are we makin’?”

“Breakfast. I trust that you're good with a knife?”

“I had a family before I died, fucker. Of course I can wield a chef knife.”

“Excellent. Tend to the fruit then, won’t you?"

Husker nodded his head and began to core, peel and slice the fruit as I worked on the meat, chopping into nice segments before grinding it to make sausage patties, adding salt, pepper, and  garlic powder to season, before cooking them over an open flame. As we worked, there was a subtle rhythm between the two of us that made cooking much more interesting. The flow was unmatched to when Vox and I cook.

“Thank you for your help, Husk. I greatly appreciate it.”

“You called me by my name.” Husk look confused and disturbed by that.

“I did. Does that disturb you?”

“I’ve never heard you call me that. It makes my name sound foreign.”

“Would you prefer I call you Husker?”

“Yeah. It sounds weird bein’ called by my name by you. Don’t even.”

“Very well, Husker. But my statement stands. Thank you for your assistance.”

“Welcome.”

“Can I offer you a drink?”

“Always. Whiskey for the both of us?”

“Correct.” I grab a bottle of Whiskey from the alcohol cabinet and two glasses. I hand Husker his drink and we both down them instantly. 

“Hey Boss?”

“What is it?”

“Lucifer. He seemed awful different than last time, huh.”

“Indeed. And it seemed like he didn’t remember us.”

“Don’tcha think it’s wierd that he forgot us?”

“I suppose. But the man has been alone for a very long time. It’s understandable he would forget us. But when comes tomorrow, he might recognize Niffty.”

“No one forgets that woman.  She’s crazy.”

“Very true. Even we couldn’t if our memories were erased.”

Husker laughs heartily before downing another shot.

“I’m gonna head back to bed. You should probably do the same, unless you want Vox to be super cranky.”

“Very well, very well. Good night to you, Husker.”

“ ‘Night, Al.”

[kat-movies]

Dinner in America

I absolutely love Kyle Gallner, so when I found out about this movie, I just had to watch it. I thought it was such a sweet story about this girl who never seemed to fit in even with her own family, finding a guy that appreciates her for who she is. You always saw him sticking up for her even when it meant he might get injured which is something that not a lot of people can find.

Obviously, I am uber obsessed with Kyle Gallner. I mean the first movie I ever saw him in was Jennifers Body and he is just so cute in that movie. Every time I see another movie he's in I just have to watch it, and honestly this movie might be one of my favorites of his. When you first meet his character, you think that he's probably the worst guy you could ever meet, but they do a great job at showing that your looks don't aways correlate with your personality.

Patty is a great character to me because she doesn't change herself for anyone, not even Simon. He doesn't want her to change, and she doesn't want to change, so she doesn't, and I really like that about the movie. It sends a good message about staying true to yourself and not settling for less.

-kat <3

[fezwearingjellybananas]

Hi! Hope you are well! I am not really familiar with comics as a show fan and I know you are, could you "rec" some issues/runs of The Flash as a starting point? I really love Barry & Iris and would love to read their comics dynamic. Have a nice day!

Thank you, I hope you have a nice day too!

I have read a few comics but not all of them, so there are more people who know a lot more than me, but I will give it a whirl.

I think as a general starting point for Flash comics in general, I'd probably recommend The Flash: 80 Years of the Fastest Man Alive. It's one of several books DC released as an anniversary thing (I also have Green Arrow: 80 Years of the Emerald Archer), and it has in it a selection of comics, so it has Jay's first appearance, it has Showcase #4 which is Barry's first appearance, it has Wally's (as Kid Flash), it sort of has Bart except it's the back of his head (my one note is Bart is quite neglected in this book), as well as a handful of others picked from the Flash runs of the three of them (my icon is actually from this book), and commentary by various writers so it gives you an overview and lets you read a little bit then decide which you'd like to read.

Carmine Infantio wrote the original Flash run with Barry, DC also released a 4 book Silver Age omnibus (I like books), that gives you the starting point of Barry's story. This is being written in the 50s and 60s, there are going to be things that are dated as with reading anything from a while ago, I suspect in 50 years people will be saying the same thing about what we're writing now, but I do have such a soft spot for the Silver Age. If you're specifically looking for Barry and Iris they are introduced here as already together before Barry gets his powers, and I quite like that they never go the love triangle with the secret identity route here, Iris knows the Flash through work kind of, but she's not really interested, she's got Barry. Also she can fly a plane.

I haven't read enough of Cary Bates' Flash run to know yet, only a few bits here and there, but this is getting into Iris and Barry are married, this is probably worth looking up, I do keep meaning to

Crisis on Infinite Earths doesn't have Iris in it, but it is an important story for Barry, and I quite like it. I am still upset about how many pages there are between Barry dying and anyone outright saying they're going looking for him.

Geoff Johns' Flash: Rebirth is also probably not a bad place to start for Barry, this is a comic set after Barry's been brought back to life, his history has changed, there are all these people who he doesn't really know, it's him trying to find his feet into being alive again. And also Eobard Thawne is here to Cause Problems On Purpose. I don't like all of Geoff Johns' comics, but this one is good.

Flashpoint is again apparently a majorly important comic in Flash mythos. I might try reading it again, I last read it a few years ago, but honestly I'm not a huge fan of Flashpoint.

Skip New 52 if you're looking for Barry and Iris. There are a few parts of New 52 that I like, but Barry and Iris aren't dating in New 52 (Barry dates Patty Spivot) and it's New 52, you can skip it. Though if you've watched the show, maybe Out of Time (Robert Venditti ect, it's Volume 6 in the TPs, which is #30-35, Annual #3, and The Flash Futures End #1), that's the arc with the Future Flash.

I love Joshua Williamson's Flash run, I am sure I have said so many times, I would definitely recommend that one, and again, this is post a soft reboot DC did after New 52 kind of flopped, so it's probably not a bad place to start either.

Jeremy Adams' Flash run was Wally based so had some fun moments but probably not what you're looking for, and Si Spurrier I have the first TP next to me to read once I've finished reading Blackest Night, I'll have to get back to you on that one.

As one-off comics rather than getting into the whole thing, there's United They Fall (Gail Simone), it's an Elseworlds but because it's just one comic rather than continuing on from something started in 1956 it might be good to try if you haven't read comics before just to see if you like reading them? I also enjoyed New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke, that's not exclusively Barry and Iris but they do feature, and again it's set in its own timeline rather than main continuity so it can be read as a stand-alone comic (also it features a very cute kid Hal Jordan and has made me feel very strongly that Hal Jordan should have been allowed to join NASA)

I think in general comics have been going for a really long time and there are a lot of them so at first glance they can seem daunting to get into, but also, there's so many of them it would be frankly unreasonable for people to expect you to read every single one ever. I think the best way to start is probably to pick a writer, any of them, and start at the beginning of their run. They will build on things that have happened before (even Barry's original Flash run brings up things that happened in Jay's Golden Age comics), they will have characters show up who maybe you don't know but they'll treat them like this is a character everyone's already familiar with, and there's the bits that editorial wanted this to happen for that event or didn't want that to happen for reasons so they had to work with that, but overall I think each author is going to have a story that they want to tell and those individual stories are going to be much more contained within their own comic runs, so you can just go find a story you like, you don't need to read every single story ever.

I hope this is helpful and you find a comic you like!

[prapasara]

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The Best Funeral Songs and Memorial Songs

Traditional Funeral Songs and Funeral Music

1) Amazing Grace – Traditional

2) Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler

3) His Eye is on the Sparrow – Mahalia Jackson

4) My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion

5) Precious Lord, Take My Hand – Mahalia Jackson

6) You Raise Me Up – Josh Groban

7) I’ll Fly Away – Albert E. Brumley

8) The Rose – Bette Midler

9) As – Stevie Wonder

10) Angels – Robbie Williams

11) Going Up Yonder – Walter Hawkins

12) Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers

13) Oh Happy Day – Edwin Hawkins Singers

14) Candle in the Wind – Elton John

15) Total Praise – Richard Smallwood

16) Time to Say Goodbye – Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman

17) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – Traditional

18) Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel

19) Lean on Me – Bill Withers

20) Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton

21) Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

22) Ave Maria – Franz Schubert

23) You Are Not Alone – Michael Jackson

24) Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley

25) I’ll Be There – The Jackson 5

26) I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston

27) Victory is Mine – Dorothy Norwood

28) Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python

29) Soon and Very Soon – Andraé Crouch

30) Danny Boy – Traditional

 

31) Order My Steps – GMWA Women of Worship

32) The Prayer – Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli

33) Take Me to the King – Tamela Mann

34) When I Survey the Wondrous Cross – Traditional

35) I Need You to Survive – Hezekiah Walker and The Love Fellowship Choir

36) In the Arms of an Angel – Sarah McLachlan

37) We Fall Down – Donnie McClurkin

38) What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

39) Stand – Donnie McClurkin

40) Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles

41) We Shall Overcome – Traditional

42) I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy and Faith Evans

43) Lift Every Voice and Sing – James Weldon Johnson

44) Nearer My God to Thee – Traditional

45) I Am Not Forgotten – Israel Houghton

46) How Great Thou Art – Traditional

47) You’ll Never Walk Alone – Mahalia Jackson

48) The Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel

49) He Has His Hands On You – Marvin Sapp

50) Auld Lang Syne – Traditional

51) Bridge Over Troubled Water – Aretha Franklin

52) Over the Rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

53) Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens

54) A Time for Us – Nino Rota

55) Let It Be – The Beatles

56) Broken Halos – Chris Stapleton

57) Never Would Have Made It – Marvin Sapp

58) Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – Julie Covington

59) Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

60) Old Rugged Cross – Traditional

61) Hold On – Yolanda Adams

62) The Way We Were – Barbra Streisand

63) You’ll Never Walk Alone – Gerry & The Pacemakers

64) His Strength is Perfect – Cece Winans

65) He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother – The Hollies

66) We’ll Meet Again – Vera Lynn

67) Keep On Movin’ – Soul II Soul

68) Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley

69) Oh How He Loves You and Me – Edwin Hawkins Singers

70) God Bless America – Irving Berlin

71) Memory – Barbra Streisand

72) Be Grateful – Walter Hawkins

73) Angels Among Us – Alabama

74) Amazing Grace – Aretha Franklin

75) My Way – Frank Sinatra

76) Stand By Me – Ben E. King

77) Hold On – Mighty Clouds of Joy

78) I Smile – Kirk Franklin

79) Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis Presley

80) The Dance – Garth Brooks

81) You Are My Friend – Patti LaBelle

82) When the Saints Go Marching In – Traditional

83) On Eagle’s Wings – Michael Joncas

84) Angel – Sarah McLachlan

85) Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve

86) Ave Maria – Andrea Bocelli

87) The Lord is My Shepherd – Traditional

88) The Long and Winding Road – The Beatles

89) There You’ll Be – Faith Hill

90) Into the West – Annie Lennox

91) Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan

92) I Will Remember You – Sarah McLachlan

93) You Are the Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler

94) I’m Already There – Lonestar

95) When You Believe – Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey

96) Fields of Gold – Sting

97) He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones

98) If I Die Young – The Band Perry

99) Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) – Billy Joel

100) Always On My Mind – Ane Brun

101) Dancing in the Sky – Beverly Ann

102) Home – Aron Wright

103) Living Legend – Club Danger

104) Be Still – The Fray

105) I Shall Believe – Sheryl Crow

106) To Build a Home – The Cinematic Orchestra, Patrick Watson

107) Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran

108) Future Days (Acoustic) – Eddie Vedder

109) Heart – Rainbow Kitten Surprise

110) See You Again – Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth

111) See You Again – Beth

112) These Are Days – 10,000 Maniacs

113) Wonderwall – Zella Day

114) Lay Me Down – Sam Smith

115) I Will Always Return – Bryan Adams

116) The Story – Brandi Carlile

117) Send Me On My Way – Rusted Root

118) When We Were Young – Adele

119) Amazing Grace (Chains Are Gone) – Pentatonix

120) Do You Remember – Jack Johnson

121) In Christ Alone – Christina Grimmie

122) When I Get Where I’m Going – Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton

123) I Will Follow You Into the Dark – Death Cab for Cutie

125) Proof of Your Love – King & Country

126) Home – Edith Whiskers

127) My Best Friend – Tim McGraw

128) Work Song – Hozier

129) Biscuits – Kacey Musgraves

130) Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

131) Waves – Imagine Dragons

132) I Lived – OneRepublic

133) 7 Years Old – Lukas Graham

134) Excavate – Macklemore, Saint Claire

135) Gonna Fly Now – Bill Conti 

136) Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel

137) Unforgettable – Nat King Cole

138) Yet – Nathan Morris

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50 Songs to Play at a Funeral

Rock

1.    Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton

2.    Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd

3.    Babe I’m Gonna Leave You – Led Zeppelin

4.    Scream – Chris Cornell

5.    My City of Ruins – Bruce Springsteen

6.    November Rain – Guns N’ Roses

7.    Hallelujah – Bon Jovi

8.    Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin

9.    I’ll Back You Up – Dave Matthews Band

10.  Man of the Hour – Pearl Jam

Alternative Rock

1.    Surround You – Echosmith

2.    The Trapeze Swinger – Iron & Wine

3.    Heartbeats – Jose Gonzalez

4.    Blood – The Middle East

5.    The Funeral – Band of Horses

6.    Awake My Soul – Mumford & Sons

7.    While We Were Dreaming – Pink Mountaintops

8.    Higher Love – James Vincent McMorrow

9.    The Night We Met – Lord Huron

10.  Twenty Years – Augustana

Pop

1.    Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran

2.    Breathe Me – Sia

3.    Fix You – Coldplay

4.    See You Again –Charlie Puth

5.    Somewhere Over The Rainbow -  Israel Kamakawiwo’ole (and other artists)

6.    I’ll Be Missing You – P. Diddy & Faith Evans

7.    Angel – Sarah McLachlan

8.    Angles – Robbie Williams

9.    Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

10.  Gone, Gone, Gone – Phillip Phillips

Classics

1.    Take Me Home – John Denver

2.    Yesterday – The Beatles

3.    My Way – Frank Sinatra

4.    You’ll Never Walk Alone – Gerry & The Pacemakers

5.    Turn Turn Turn – The Byrds

6.    Always On My Mind – Elvis

7.    Amazing Grace – Celtic Women

8.    In My Life – The Beatles

9.    Imagine – John Lennon

10.  Heaven Can Wait – Meatloaf

Country

1.    If I Die Young – The Band Perry

2.    Go Rest High On That Mountain – Vince Gill

3.    Angels Among Us – Alabama

4.    If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away – Justin Moore

5.    I Drive Your Truck – Lee Brice

6.    Drink a Beer – Luke Bryan

7.    Who You’d Be Today – Kenny Chesney

8.    One Hell of an Amen – Brantley Gilbert

9.    If You’re Reading This – Tim McGraw

10.  See You Again – Carrie Underwood

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[roleplayfinder]

Hi there! I am a 21+ literate writer looking for something that may be a bit of a long shot. I am looking for a John Q/ Simon to my Patty from Dinner in America!

Mostly I am looking to continue their story after he gets released from prison.

I like to roleplay mainly on discord, so if you'd be interested please feel free to like or reblog and I'll get back with you!

.

[rphunter]

Hi there! I am a 21+ literate writer looking for something that may be a bit of a long shot. I am looking for a John Q/ Simon to my Patty from Dinner in America!

Mostly I am looking to continue their story after he gets released from prison. 

I like to roleplay mainly on discord, so if you'd be interested please feel free to like or reblog and I'll get back with you!

,

[untamedyouth]

9/13/24 1:30 PM

On the list of things I didn’t expect to happen today: Utterly SOBBING over the movie “Dinner in America”.

It’s basically the movie version of the show “End of the F*cking World”.

But, it’s quite obvious to me that the female lead, Patty, is a conventionally unattractive autistic 20 year old. And Simon, the male lead, is a rather average looking drug-addict/dealer, punk rocker, 20 something-year-old running from the cops, who also has a glaringly obvious Anti-Social Personality Disorder.

But the scene where they go together to an arcade and “My Kind of Woman” by Mac DeMarco plays as they unapologetically be themselves and have fun, made something deep inside me hurt very badly.

I see myself in Patty. The innocence I feel I have long lost inside me under layers of masking. She’s who I’m too scared to be because of the looks and judgment I know I would receive.

I’m not autistic, but CPTSD has stark similarities with autism and I relate to nearly every aspect wholeheartedly. TikTok is always trying to diagnose me as autistic because of this- lol turns out it's just trauma again!

nonetheless, this scene just rips at the part of me that years to be accepted. Me. At my very core. Not for my looks or my body, but because of who I am, how I act, what I like, my morals, my values.

I just want someone to be able to look at every part of me, even the parts I hate the most, and tell me that they love me anyway. Not despite my flaws, but because of them.

I hope I’m worthy enough of that love. I would do anything to be able to love someone like that and have it reciprocated.

M.R

[fox-in-the-library]

Great Versions of Songs I Don't Normally Like

Don't Stop Believin' (Live 1981: Escape Tour) - Journey - Sacrilege straight out of the gate: I am not a Journey fan. That said, their musicianship is really solid, and everything about this performance is excellent. It's everything you want from a crowd-pleaser and honestly just a lot of fun.

Because The Night - Garbage & Screaming Females - I usually find this song overwrought, but this is a great cover. Marissa Paternoster is monstrously talented, and her closing guitar solo is 2 minutes of sustained, intelligent playing that is entirely in the service of the song.

Changing of the Guards - Patti Smith - Patti Smith dispenses with the gospel choir and horns, goes for an arrangement that sounds not unlike the dusty, shuffling beat of a Calexico song, and focuses on storytelling. it's, like, a million times better than Bob Dylan's original version. Sorry, Bob.

Ain't Got No, I Got Life - Nina Simone - This is hands-down one of the most radical cover versions I've ever heard. Nina Simone completely transforms two songs from Hair into a civil rights anthem. Even if you hate the rest of my takes, go listen to this.

Amazing Grace - The Holmes Brothers - An absolutely wild version of a gospel classic which merges lovely harmonies with gospel shouts, blues guitar, and James Brown-esque phrasing. For 8 minutes straight.

Make Me Smile - Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel - The chorus of "oooh la la la" on the original recording of this is like nails on a chalkboard to me. But this ramshackle version live at the Royal Albert Hall is glorious. Everything from the orchestra looking like they're wondering what they're doing there, to the pristine guitar solo halfway through and the obligatory crowd singalong, to Steve Harley getting tech to come onstage to help him take a video does, in fact, make me smile.

The Star-Spangled Banner - Whitney Houston - I'm not that fussed about national anthems. I'm not American. But Whitney Houston's 1991 version is jaw-dropping. It's musically innovative and technically brilliant. The only other version which is as culturally significant, in a very different way, is Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. But no other versions match the emotional heft of Houston vaulting into the stratosphere when she hits that high E on 'land of the free'.

[casspurrjoybell-24]

The Alpha's Boy - Chapter 2 - Part 1

Book Two In : The Alpha's Trilogy

*Warning Adult Content*

Alistair 'Star' Claymore-Phoenix

My friends laughed as they ran into the deepest part of the woods before we could stop at the lake that was named after my... well actually I didn't know what to call Marshall Maverick.

It was a complicated, tangled family web.

Marshall Maverick was my Dad, Silas Claymore's, Dad Rodrick Claymore's mate and my uncle's father.

He was killed by my kidnapper Charles Maverick, who was also his brother, who also helped my brother, Lucca Meithke kill our pack.

'Still following along?'

My uncle Simon Claymore left just before Charles Maverick had come to the pack for, well no real reason, than to intimidate my Dads about old jewels that didn't even hold much meaning anymore and get Simon and myself.

Which obviously didn't happen or maybe it did, with Simon missing it was hard to tell where he was.

After being spotted on cameras for a couple of months after he left he had gone MIA with his assumed partner but every year around Christmas Dad always receives a postcard from a random city around the world.

It was normally blank with just a S on the bottom with a date, which I guess was a good sign.

**********

I was high but I didn't want Ivan to know because if he knew he would get mad and when Ivan was mad, it well... it would get bad?

It wasn't the worst thing in the world but he was my best friend and fighting with him hurt a lot, I didn't like the idea of him being mad at me.

'Then why do you keep fucking up, Star?' I sighed to myself but watched as Liam stripped off his pants and shirt before jumping into the lake.

Ivan stood by, a beer in his hand, as we watched our friend complain about the freezing water.

Nearby was Patrick, Patty as we called him, he was a bit older than us but he didn't seem to mind being around us.

He had his life figured out to a point, he was twenty-one, with a mate, a house and a job but on weekends he liked to come with us and hang out, have a few beers before heading home to Cecilia.

Being part wolf and getting drunk or high was a challenge if you didn't know where to go but I was thankful that Rudy knew where to get all the good stuff.

The pills or powder that had a little extra in it to hit you off, if you took two or three pills at one time you would be on cloud nine.

It was fatal to humans, one pill would take a human out for days or worse.

Ever. drinking was a little easier, someone always had a little spiker on hand to get your wasted a little quicker.

Darren had strong stuff in the basement of our house too, the strong stuff, made for wolves by wolves.

He had a stash in the wrack room, nine bottles or it started as nine.

Currently, it was nine bottles but only four of them had real alcohol in it, the rest was grape water.

I knew I needed to slow down or they would catch on soon.

I wouldn't get away with it forever and though Silas and Darren weren't overly strict, with the twins growing up and in the house now things were a little bit more, difficult.

It started when they turned two and Maddox had pulled out a baggy from my backpack.

I had left it in the wet-room for a quick minute before running off to spend the night at Ivan's house but that didn't happen when the bag of pills ended up in my little brother's hands.

He didn't get any of them but the cat was out of the bag at that point.

I'm sure they always had known but had just left me alone about it but they couldn't leave me alone about it when there were toddlers involved.

Plus I was only a kid too, I guess you could say I still am but I was an adult in the eyes of the pack.

Now that I was nineteen I was a man, a man who needed to get out on his own and find his mate, find his way in the world.

'Find his uncle Simon. Oh, Simon.'

I didn't really know the man, I hadn't spent much time with him but he is at every corner, everywhere I look his face is there.

His photo is all over our house, his name is spoken daily, inside and outside the house.

People mumble about him, rumors spread, that he was in on it, that he had a hand in killing my grandfathers, which is stupid because he was a baby when his father died and a kid when his adopted father died.

They would say that he was drugging Silas this whole time, that Simon was making Silas weak and that he was a danger to the pack.

'A shifter.'

I can't imagine how Simon felt all his time here, he must have felt like such an outsider.

'Like you do?'

[bakafox]

AHA the photo of Nina Simone my queue just plunked onto my timeline reminded me of the thing I was rambly/ranty feeling about.

I've been watching YouTube reactions again bc it's a Mood and I watched some Hozier ones and... like...

I am very sad about how many of the younger reactors who've even done that one at all don't get what it means?

Like, for all the internet talk of "Woke" they don't understand even "It's not the waking it's the rising" and that it's a protest song in those parts.

And I'm also sad at how they don't recognize the names the song pays tribute to, they don't know who Mavis, Billie, Pattie and Curtis are, or Seeger- some catch Lennon and James Brown but not a lot of them do. I don't even see lights go on when Dylan is mentioned.

I've never thought of myself as being hugely educated about activism or music and I honestly couldn't name a lot of songs by any of them! Even if I have them in my music collection, I forget titles and who sings what, but like... I know who they are, and I kind of assumed everyone would going forward for some reason. (I AM DUMB.)

I hope the nicer comments people leave educating the reactors gets them to listen to the older music.

(I am a little heartened that I did go look for Billie Holiday reactions and a decent number exist, though not many white reactors.)

[joeygoeshollywood]

Oscars 2022: My Fantasy Winners and Nominees

Here are my fantasy winners and nominees of this year’s Oscars. And I encourage you all to share yours!

Best Picture

Winner: CODA

Nominees:

Belfast Dune King Richard Last Night in Soho Licorice Pizza Mass tick, tick... BOOM! West Side Story Zola

Best Actor

Winner: Andrew Garfield - tick, tick... BOOM!

Nominees:

Nicholas Cage - Pig Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog Simon Rex - Red Rocket Will Smith - King Richard

Best Actress

Winner: Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Nominees:

Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter Alana Haim - Licorice Pizza Emilia Jones - CODA Kristen Stewart - Spencer

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Troy Kotsur - CODA

Nominees:

Robin de Jesus - tick, tick... BOOM! Ciarán Hinds - Belfast Jason Isaacs - Mass Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Riley Keough - Zola

Nominees:

Caitriona Balfe - Belfast Ariana DeRose - West Side Story Ann Dowd - Mass Marlee Matlin  - CODA

Best Director

Winner: Kenneth Branagh - Belfast

Nominees:

Janicza Bravo - Zola Lin-Manuel Miranda - tick, tick... BOOM! Denis Villeneuve - Dune Edgar Wright  - Last Night in Soho

Best Original Screenplay

Winner: Licorice Pizza

Nominees:

Being the Ricardos Belfast Mass Nine Days

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: CODA

Nominees:

Passing The Power of the Dog The Tragedy of Macbeth Zola

Best Cinematography

Winner: Dune

Nominees:

The Green Knight The Power of the Dog The Tragedy of Macbeth West Side Story

Best Editing

Winner: tick, tick... BOOM!

Nominees:

Belfast Dune Last Night in Soho West Side Story

Best Production Design

Winner: Dune

Nominees:

The French Dispatch Nightmare Alley The Tragedy of Macbeth West Side Story

Best Costume Design

Winner: Cruella

Nominees:

Cyrano House of Gucci Last Night in Soho Spencer

Best Hair & Makeup

Winner: The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Nominees:

Cruella House of Gucci Nightmare Alley The Suicide Squad

Best Visual Effects

Winner: Dune

Nominees:

Free Guy Godzilla vs. Kong Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Sound

Winner: Dune

Nominees:

Belfast No Time to Die tick, tick... BOOM! West Side Story

Best Score

Winner: Dune

Nominees:

Don’t Look Up The French Dispatch Parallel Mothers The Power of the Dog

Best Original Song

Winner: “Be Alive” - King Richard

Nominees:

“Here I Am” - Respect “No Time to Die” - No Time to Die ”So May We Start” - Annette “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” - Encanto

Best Animated Feature

Winner: The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Nominees:

Encanto Luca Raya and the Last Dragon

Best International Film

Winner: Drive My Car

Nominees:

Lamb Parallel Mothers Titane The Worst Person in the World

ORIGINAL CATEGORIES

Best Ensemble

Winner: Mass

Nominees:

Belfast CODA The Harder They Fall West Side Story

Best Comedy

Winner: Zola

Nominees:

Bad Trip Free Guy Red Rocket Werewolves Within

Best Stunts

Winner: Nobody

Nominees:

The Harder They Fall No Time to Die Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings The Suicide Side

Best Breakthrough Filmmaker

Winner: Sian Heder - CODA

Nominees:

Janicza Bravo - Zola Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Lost Daughter Edson Oda - Nine Days Michale Sarnoski - Pig

Best Breakthrough Actor

Winner: Cooper Hoffman - Licorice Pizza

Nominees

Daniel Durant - CODA Amir El-Masry - Limbo Jude Hill - Belfast Woody Norman - C’mon C’mon

Best Breakthrough Actress

Winner: Rachel Zegler - West Side Story

Nominees:

Patti Harrison - Together, Together Alexis Louder - Copshop Taylour Page - Zola Saniyya Sidney - King Richard

[di4bl4-c0mpl3x]

BOOKS I WANT TO READ

-The new me (Halle butler)

-The silent patient (Alex michelides)

-The language of fanaticism (Amanda montel)

-A room of one’s own (Virginia wolfe)

-Norwegian wood (murakami)

-The picture of Dorian gray

- All the bad apples (folwley-Doyle)

-They never learn (layne fargo)

-The poppy war (R F Kuang)

-Baise-Moi (Virginie Despentes)

- Some kind of happiness (Claire L)

-Her body and other parties (Carmen Machado)

-Luster (Raven Lailani)

-Happy Hour (Marlowe Granados)

-Ghosts (Dolly Alderton)

-Dead poets society

-Alone with you in the ether (Olivia blake)

-Queens gambit

-Last words from montmarte (Qiu Miaojin)

-The perks of being a wallflower

-Turtles all the way down (John green)

-The yellow wallpaper (charlotte Gilman)

-Nausea (Jean Paul Sartre)

-Of dogs and walls (Yukio Tsushima)

-Hamlet

- Brain on fire by Susanna Callahan

-The Art of starving by Sam J Miller

-So sad today by Melissa Broder

- Looking for Alaska by John Green

-Are you listening by Tilly warden

-Bluet by Maggie Nelson

- The woman destroyed by Simone Beauvoir

- The white book by Han Kang

-Vegetarian by Han Kang

-It ends with us by Colleen Hoover

- We were liars by E Lockhart

- Beyond good and evil by Nietzsche

-The death of Ivan Ilyich

- Love me at my worst by Michaela angemeer

- The perfect gas by Emma Rous

- Girls of a certain age by aria alderman

- Severance by Ling Ma

- The art of war

- The story of philosophy by will Durant

- The war of world HG Wells

- We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

- Why am i so clever fredich Nietzsche

- A clockwork orange

-In praise of shadows by Jun’Ichiro Tanizaki

- The cruel prince

- Seduction by Robert Greene

- Hereditary by Ari Aster

-The witch by Robert eggers

- Normal people by sally roone

- I am watching you by Teresa Driscoll

- Her by Brittany king

- Before she lied by Adrienne Leigh

-If we were Villains (M L Rio)

BOOKS I HAVE

-On earth we’re briefly gorgeous (ocean vuong)

-Just kids (patti smith)

-The little friend (Donna tartt)

-Death in her hands (otessa moshfeg)

- Speak (Laurie Anderson)

-The secret history (Donna tartt)

- The goldfinch (Donna tartt)

-Eileen (moshfeg)

- A little life

- Girl interrupted

-Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

-The trouble with being born

- Eileen by moshfeg

-The 48 laws of power

- Gone girl by Gillian Flynn

-Death in her hands by moshfeg

[power-chords]

In 1999, Nina Simone was invited to perform as part of Nick Cave’s curation of the Meltdown Festival. Meltdown is one of those things I looked at from over here and couldn’t figure out the money or the time or it was a syndrome of having, you know, two weeks’ vacation into which you have to cram everything you have ever wanted to do; I didn’t go to Patti Smith’s, I didn’t go see the New York Dolls’ reunion (and therefore missed my one chance to see Arthur Kane).

I never got to see Nina Simone but I also to be honest didn’t try hard enough. She didn’t mean as much to me 20 years ago as she does now, when her humor and her artistry and her talent and the centuries of pain and joy in her voice connect with me in ways I don’t quite understand yet. I think about this a lot, the artists I didn’t go see because they were incredibly expensive or everyone told me not to go because they were a shadow of their former selves and it would be better to not see that. Now I know that that is untrue and I will tell you to go see anyone whose work is meaningful to you, because if you have enough of a relationship with someone’s art to want to see them live you are going to get what you need from the encounter while at the same time understanding and acknowledging what it is not. I would rather be angry I saw Aretha Franklin and she spent the entire time introducing the 25 piece orchestra accompanying her than never to have heard her voice in real time. I am capable of both thought processes.

Caryn Rose, music journalist I admire and also a dear friend, offering up truth and wisdom as usual. (Emphasis mine.) You should subscribe to her newsletter here.

[silver-pieces]

sil’s watchlist

~❊ welcome ❊~

Firstly, please note I am an 18+ account - please do not interact or follow me if you are a minor and/or if you don’t have an age in your bio. You will be blocked!

I felt like creating a list of all of my favourite shows and movies - just a way for me to keep track of things. If you’re looking for something new to watch, maybe you can find it here :)

Please remember to avoid anything that might be triggering for you - I am not including any content warnings. Your media consumption is your own responsibility.

I will add to this list as I watch more. I like nearly all genres (basically anything but horror - although I can be persuaded), so there is a wide variety in this list. Recommendations are always welcome!

Lists are in chronological order of release year.

Divider ❊ Guidelines ❊ Masterlist ❊ Taglist

Shows

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997 - 2003)

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005 - 2008)

Doctor Who Reboot (2005 - present)

How I Met Your Mother (2005 - 2014)

The Office (2005 - 2013)

H20: Just Add Water (2006 - 2010)

The IT Crowd (2006 - 2013)

Merlin (2008 - 2012)

Suits (2011 - 2019)

Avatar: The Legend of Korra (2012 - 2014)

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (2013 - 2020)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013 - 2021)

Daredevil (2015 - 2018)

The Expanse (2015 - 2022)

Mr Robot (2015 - 2019)

Sense8 (2015 - 2018)

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (2016 - 2017)

Wynonna Earp (2016 - 2021)

Anne With An E (2017 - 2019)

The Punisher (2017 - 2019)

Altered Carbon (2018 - 2020)

The Dragon Prince (2018 - present)

The Boys (2019 - present)

The Mandalorian (2019 - present)

Russian Doll (2019 - present)

Sex Education (2019 - present)

Unbelievable (2019)

The Witcher (2019 - present)

Alex Rider (2020 - present)

Bridgerton (2020 - present)

The Flight Attendant (2020 - present)

Julie and the Phantoms (2020)

The Queen’s Gambit (2020)

Foundation (2021 - present)

Invincible (2021 - present)

The Wheel of Time (2021 - present)

Andor (2022 - present)

Heartbreak High (2022 - present)

Heartstopper (2022 - present)

The Legend of Vox Machina (2022 - present)

The Sandman (2022 - present)

Movies

Willow (1988, dir. Ron Howard)

Romeo and Juliet (1996, dir. Baz Luhrmann)

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1997, dir. Robert Iscove)

Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998, dir. Andy Tennant)

Prince of Egypt (1998, dir. Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, & Simon Wells)

Moulin Rouge! (2001, dir Baz Luhrmann)

Howl's Moving Castle (2004, dir. Hayao Miyazaki)

Shaun of the Dead (2004, dir. Edgar Wright)

Pride and Prejudice (2005, dir. Joe Wright)

Hot Fuzz (2007, dir. Edgar Wright)

Stardust (2007, dir. Matthew Vaughn)

Tangled (2010, dir. Nathan Greno & Byron Howard)

Sucker Punch (2011, dir. Zack Snyder)

Avengers (2012, dir. Joss Wh*don)

Man of Steel (2013, dir. Zack Snyder)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, dir. Wes Anderson)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, dir. Joe Russo & Anthony Russo)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015, dir. George Miller)

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015, dir. Guy Ritchie)

Captain America: Civil War (2016, dir. Joe Russo & Anthony Russo)

Arrival (2016, dir. Denis Villeneuve)

Thor: Ragnarok (2017, dir. Taika Waititi)

Wonder Woman (2017, dir. Patty Jenkins)

Annihilation (2018, dir. Alex Garland)

Avengers: Infinity War (2018, dir. Joe Russo & Anthony Russo)

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S (2018, dir. Paul Hoen)

Knives Out (2019, dir. Rian Johnson)

Booksmart (2019, dir. Olivia Wilde)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019, dir. Céline Sciamma)

Ready or Not (2019, dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett)

Shazam! (2019, dir. David F. Sandberg)

The Old Guard (2020, dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood)

Palm Springs (2020, dir. Max Barbakow)

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2 (2020, dir. Paul Hoen)

Dune (2021, dir. Denis Villeneuve)

Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022, dir. Daniels)

The Princess (2022, dir. Le-Van Kiet)

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 (2022, dir. Paul Hoen)

[emjee]

2020: Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out (a NYE playlist)

Tracklist (full annotations under the cut)

1. Toxic / Britney Spears 2. It’s the End of the World as We Know It / R.E.M. 3. Bye Bye Bye / NSYNC 4. It Was a Shitshow / from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 5. Be Calm / fun. 6. Summer, Highland Falls / Billy Joel 7. Hard Times Come Again No More / The Proclaimers 8. Bridge Over Troubled Water / Simon and Garfunkel 9. Better Not Look Down / B.B. King 10. I’m Still Standing / Elton John 11. I’m Still Here / Patti LuPone 12. Someday We’ll Be Together / Diana Ross and the Supremes 13. We’ll Meet Again / Vera Lynn 14. We’ll Meet Tomorrow / from Titanic: a New Musical 15. This Year / The Mountain Goats 16. The Parting Glass / Hozier 17. Auld Lang Syne / Iona

Listen to 2020: Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out on Spotify.

Much love to you all. May this coming year be kinder and more just. May we make it so.

Toxic - Russell T. Davies called this as the anthem for the end of the world in the second episode of the Doctor Who reboot in 2005, and who am I to argue with genius?

It’s the End of the World as We Know It - I personally do not feel fine, but I didn’t feel like I could leave this one off.

Bye Bye Bye - I do indeed want to see 2020 out that door, bye bye bye, etc.

It Was a Shitshow - “Not to be crass, but this sucked ass” is how I feel about this year in a single sentence.

Be Calm - This is my go-to song for “I need to have a minor breakdown and process Emotions” moods.

Summer, Highland Falls - “They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known / And I believe there is a time for mediation in cathedrals of our own” is a line that has been in the metaphorical dark pit with me for a very long time, and this year was no different.

Hard Times Come Again No More - This whole song is just a huge 2020 “could we get a fucking break” mood.

Bridge Over Troubled Water - I spent much of 2020 weary, feeling small, and with tears in my eyes, so, you know, I just need to hear Art Garfunkel singing about that.

Better Not Look Down / B.B. King, I’m Still Standing / Elton John, and I’m Still Here / Patti LuPone are the “despite all evidence to the contrary, I’m going to be okay” trio of this playlist.

Someday We’ll Be Together / Diana Ross and the Supremes - I started listening to this song on repeat in March and its central premise is what I’m clinging to as the year rolls over.

We’ll Meet Again / Vera Lynn - Ditto for this song.

We’ll Meet Tomorrow / from Titanic: a New Musical - Okay so I don’t listen to this song a lot because it makes me absolutely bawl but it got me through some very intense grief and what was 2020 if not an exercise in very intense grief. Unlike “Someday We’ll Be Together” and “We’ll Meet Again”, this song (which in the musical is sung as they’re about to cast the lifeboats away) is about...what if we won’t? How can loves and lives that have finite endings last? “If tomorrow is not in store, let this embracing replace forever.” God, I’m tearing up just writing this. This Year / The Mountain Goats - Practically obligatory. We are gonna make through this year if it kills us. Motherfucker.

The Parting Glass / Hozier - This one has also gotten me through a lot of grief, specifically pandemic-related grief. Tipping my hat to Mr. Andrew Hozier-Byrne for this one, it’s a real gift.

Auld Lang Syne / Iona - I love this song, I sing it at the top of my lungs every NYE, I love that it’s the tradition where I am. This version uses the tune that I’m used to singing at Burns Night Supper, and it includes the verse that is a delightful ode to splitting the bill: “And surely ye’ll be your pint-stoup / And surely I’ll be mine!”